Durban panchang, 14 August 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 07:30 Shravana month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 17:30- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:53 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta 08:43 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam 10:38 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:06
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:07
- 15:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 15:17 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:30 to 06:30 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:39 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 06:04 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 15:17
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 00:12 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 03:39 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 15:17, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 15:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 15:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:39 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 06:04 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:43 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:07
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:47 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:30 – 20:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:31 – 00:12 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:31 – 00:12 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:12 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:31 – 07:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:53 – 09:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:16 – 10:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:38 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:23 | Good |
| Rog | 13:23 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Char | 16:07 – 17:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:30 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:07 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:37 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:15 – 04:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:53 – 06:30 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 05:01 Gemini
- 05:01 – 06:43 Cancer
- 06:43 – 08:09 Leo
- 08:09 – 09:32 Virgo
- 09:32 – 11:06 Libra
- 11:06 – 13:01 Scorpio
- 13:01 – 15:16 Sagittarius
- 15:16 – 17:38 Capricorn
- 17:38 – 19:56 Aquarius
- 19:56 – 22:14 Pisces
- 22:14 – 00:35 next day Aries
- 00:35 – 02:54 next day Taurus
- 02:54 – 04:57 next day Gemini
- 04:57 – 06:30 next day Cancer
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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